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The downtown location will have raised wall panels, tiled floors, granite and marble countertops and the chain’s name etched in gold on the windows.

Although the new store will be a bit fancier than the traditional Dunkin’ Donuts shops, it will carry the same menu — including coffee, pastries, breakfast and flat-bread sandwiches and small pizzas.

Also to keep with the upscale feel, the downtown Columbia store will not have a drive-through, Thorne said.

The new Lexington store will have a drive-through but will open in November — instead of this summer as first announced. The Lexington Dunkin’ Donuts will be next door to a Verizon Wireless store and Home Depot on Sunset Boulevard.

The new Columbia and Lexington Dunkin’ Donuts stores are the first of four planned for Richland and Lexington counties by early next year.

Dunkin’ Donuts also will open at Clemson Road and I-20 and at I-77 and Farrow Road, near Providence Hospital, Thorne said.